Manuel's problem on that particular stage(day4) had nothing to do with the mousse- it was fencing wire (and believe me, there was heaps of that stuff around) trapped in his rear wheel that ripped the rear break line clean off..

Take a bow yourself too Ross. You never fail to amaze with your photo's and anyone that saw and spoke to you in the Safari would have seen your passion and dedication. You were virtually a walking (slouching?) zombie for the entire 7 days! Can't wait to see what else you have hiding in the collection, but the few you've just posted up here are first class (even "Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well") and really wet the appetite.

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Howdi John,
Home today, at last. Man that was alot of K's in 2 weeks.
I think I will have motion sickness for a few days. My tally for this years Safari includes 2 roos, 4 pigeons, 1 emu, and a bunch of smaller suicidal birds.
Currently dumping 210Gb of pics to the server Should be something to look at.

Throttle cable fix, Day 1: this bodge made it another 250K or something

Day 2: Tagged a fence line and did the petrol tank, plug wire and throttle cable again:

DAy 3: No spark ICU:

Jaybo and Ben-
Man, talk about awesome, these guys were the BEST. SEriously, great great riders and really really nice. I want to go play with these guys, a LOT.

ALso: Ben and Damo: Between these two and Jaybo/Ben, they honestly have their shit wrapped up in a tight package. They are the ones to emulate, imo- great riders, tight organisation, great people... better than the winners by far in my humble opinion.
Glen G:

Steve:

Paul and Ken fixing the bike, with Ben supervising:

Tamsin: When I grow up, I want to ride as well as her.

Footpeg sewn on: (thanks fence wire)

The RX which did not make it:

Russel Scoble's pit, I believe:

The splash and dash truck:

Fixing shit in the bush:

tent city:

KTM world:

Honda World:

Big finish!

and a video, full length (too long!) of the very last stage, SS17, Coronation Beach S:
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Good stuff Jason. Beach tracks like that help tune your sand riding skills! I know its a bit of a lottery, but were you not tempted to get out of the 4wd ruts and try the beach itself?
Good to see the twin cylinder BM out there. How much suspension travel did Rooney manage to engineer into the rear suspension? My brother and I built up a similar 1000cc BMW for the early Aust. safaris held in 1985 and 86.